Body Language Communication

This book explores a number of important themes within body language discourse. The authors analyse the role of hands, touch, facial expression, misconceptions, and fallacious arguments in body language training. Other issues addressed include body language between humans and machines, lie detection, reactance and body language and thermography of the face. The authors work to determine various potentials of body language, and assess some areas of body language and role of body language in everyday life. They also discuss new perspectives and future directions in body language studies.

1. Dynamics of Body Language: Beyond Speech.- 2. Beyond The Face: Nonverbal Messages from The Voice, Head, Eyes and Posture.- 3. The Nonverbal Language of Hands.- 4. Haptic interactions: Connections between Touch and Emotion in Relationships.- 5. Contextual Influences on the Perception and Interpretation Of Facial Expressions.- 6. Nonverbal Expression in The Voice: Impact of Select Trait, Neurologic and Psychiatric Conditions.- 7. The Role of Posture in the Formation of Social Relationships.- 8. The Myth of Body Language and The Fallacies of Body Language Analysis and Training Programs.- 9. Nonverbal Bodily Behavior and Personality in Social Interactions.- 10. Expressive Body Movement: Effective Nonverbal Channel in Need of Consolidation and Theoretical Consideration.- 11. Emotions Expressed in Body Movements, Postures, Gait, and Dance.- 12. Emotional Expressions Beyond the Face and Conflict Intervention.- 13. The Face Behind the Mask: Thermography of the Face.- 14. Body Talk: Thoughts and Feelings in Action.- 15. Investigative Interviewing: Implications for Nonverbal Behaviour.- 16. Lie Detection and Nonverbal Behaviour: Present and Future.- 17. Facial Expression at the Crossroads.- 18. Relational Dominance Behavior and Predictability Through Relational Development.- 19. Body Language Between Humans and Machines.

Derek Chadee is Professor of Social Psychology and directs the ANSA McAL Psychological Research Centre at The University of the West Indies, Jamaica. He has published several books and journal articles, and his research interests are in fear of crime, copycat behaviour and theories on social psychology.
 

Aleksandra Kostic is a Retired Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Nis, Serbia. Her research interests include nonverbal communication, emotional experience, and time perspective. She has co-edited the following books: Time Perspective, The Social Psychology of Nonverbal Communication; Social Intelligence and Nonverbal Communication; Positive Psychology: An International Perspective; Nonverbal Communication in Close Relationships - What words don’t tell us.